SECURITY STRATEGY – MYTH-BUSTER: PART #5

fairy tale, wonder tale involving marvellous elements and occurrences, though not necessarily about fairies. The term embraces such popular folktales (Märchen, q.v.) as […] britannica[.]com FAIRY TAILS FROM REALITY There are no silver bullet solutions out there that will “fix” your organization and make it 100% secure. That defensive or offensive security solution that fixes everything […]

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PNPT – IS IT FOR YOU?

I will give this article a twist. I think PNPT is a great certification, no doubt about it. But is this something for a security leader? Is this a certificate that would add value, or something a security leader should go after? This is a pretty broad question, as leadership comes in many different forms. […]

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SECURITY STRATEGY – MYTH-BUSTER: PART #4

Icarus, in Greek mythology, son of the inventor Daedalus who perished by flying too near the Sun with waxen wings.  britannica[.com] BALANCE Throughout my career, I’ve had the opportunity to help many organizations out with operational, tactical, and strategic security things. From hands-on technical operational stuff such as vulnerability management, patch management, identity & access management, infrastructure security, […]

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COBIT – FOR SECURITY LEADERS?

“COBIT is not about security!” I have heard this statement being said a couple of times about COBIT and for a bunch of different certificates and certifications throughout my career. There is of course truth in this statement as COBIT is not explicitly about security. However, the principles that you can learn from COBIT will […]

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SECURITY LEADERSHIP – THE TEAM

Team on me, team on 3!1, 2, 3TEAM! You decide to or were maybe appointed to lead a team. And now you ask yourself the questions: I think the rabbit hole of questions can become endless. And for some security leaders, or leaders in general independent of the domain where they lead, there are very […]

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